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To me the greatest Baltimore transgression on this list is to call the beer "National Bohemian"- a true Baltimorean orders a Natty Boh! GO RAVENS!!!!!!!!

drats, "authors", not "author's"

I have a bar key from when I was a bartender. It's hard to explain without a picture, but I always use the other side of the circle and use my hand to hold the key and the bottle top. That way I am able to use the leverage to open the bottle, but still have the cap in my hand.

one benefit to having worked in a restaurant where I was opening and smelling about ten+ bottles of wine on a given night is that I know a corked bottle when I come across it. But even when I started, I feel like you just know when something "isn't right".

Just like some other comments, I had a fire in my apartment (in my unit, not just the building--though we were VERY lucky in fire department response) just about a year ago. You always think "I would save X" but when you are actually facing flames and running out of a building, the only thing you grab is yourself and those you love. my boyfriend and I got the hell out there, and I was in a nightgown and no shoes. kind strangers gave me shoes and more clothes to wear. the whole time we were watching the flames, my thoughts were not on the things I didn't take, but on our cat that was hiding under the bed (and who was eventually rescued by a fireman). It's nice to think of what one would save, but really, even the most sentimental items mean nothing next to being safe and alive.

seriously, why do people feel the need to fling around hate? it's so unnecessary, and extends in this community far beyond this post and celebrities. As soon as there is something people don't like, many feel the need to be outright mean about it.
On a different but related note, what about Martha Stewart? Do you haters truly believe that she sits down and writes all of those recipes? Or creates all of those crafts? I doubt it; I believe she has an amazing team who brings it all to her, and she gets to put her name on it. Does that make it any less of a good recipe, or any less of a cool craft? Absolutely not. I may roll my eyes, but I don't immediately dismiss it or spew nasty words. I take it at face value and enjoy it for what it is.

Seriously, why do AT commenters have to be so judging all the time? Yes, I agree it's gross when I see the stack of magazines in my parents bathroom. But do I sometimes take a magazine in to the loo with me when I go number two? yes I do, and no- I'm not "in there too long". Sometimes I want to keep reading the article, sometimes it's the enchiladas. Doesn't matter if it's a couch choice or bathroom choice, you all always manage to have something rude to say.

@jeannenyc the author is not suggesting that you do all 30 things in 20 minutes in one day. Each item is a 20 minute task to do once a day in 30 days.

On another note, love it! Between work and my Master's classes at night, it can be tough to fit in cleaning, but I think I can manage these tasks.

working in a bar/restaurant (and often being forced to work with an upset stomach, such as after a bout of food poisoning or from pneumonia antibioitcs....) I too discovered bitters and soda as a cure for upset stomach.

I do the same as twylag-- I cut around the stem and pull it out. You don't lose all the extra pepper that way!